"At least 22 people have been killed and 70 injured, many critically, in a huge fire triggered by a boiler explosion at a Bangladeshi packaging factory, officials said Saturday as firefighters …
Nigeria Facing ‘A Famine Unlike Any We Have Ever Seen’
"No one knows how many more children are dying of starvation in refugee camps and areas too dangerous to access because of the extremists' presence, according to Doctors Without Borders, which runs …
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Zimbabwe denies opposition supporters food aid: Rights group
"Zimbabwe's human rights commission is accusing the ruling party of denying opposition supporters access to government-funded food aid in some districts ravaged by drought." Source: Zimbabwe denies …
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Refugees from Boko Haram return home, excited but fearful
"Excited but fearful, refugees from Boko Haram piled into yellow school buses with their bundles of belongings, returning after two years to homes that have been torched, wells destroyed, livestock …
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DRC: cholera outbreak claims over 500 lives in 2016 alone
"Over 500 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been killed by a cholera outbreak since the beginning of the year, while aid agencies are stepping up efforts in the Central African Republic …
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WHO certifies Sri Lanka a malaria-free nation
"The World Health Organization on Monday certified Sri Lanka as a malaria-free nation, in what it called a 'truly remarkable' achievement. WHO regional director Poonam Khetrapal Singh said in a …
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U.S., China formally join international climate deal
"President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping formally committed their countries to last year's Paris climate change agreement on Saturday, ratcheting up pressure on other nations to follow …
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China ratifies Paris climate deal ahead of G-20 summit
"China announced on Saturday that it has ratified the emissions-cutting agreement reached last year in Paris, giving a big boost to efforts to bring the accord into effect by the end of this …
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Bogota homeless given poisoned food: Human rights office
"Bogota’s homeless people are being fed poisoned food, the human rights office of Colombia’s capital told the city council on Tuesday. The human rights official said her office is investigating who is …
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Study suggests size of Zika epidemic may be underestimated
"A study supported by FAPESP and coordinated by researchers at the São José do Rio Preto Medical School (FAMERP) in São Paulo State, Brazil, suggests official statistics may underestimate the size of …
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